Gifted&Talented Application Opens

Applications Open April 21, 2025

Gifted & Talented programs offer accelerated instruction to eligible elementary school students in New York City.

Families can apply to Grades 1-4 G&T in one of two ways:

Online at MySchools, or by visiting their local family welcome center.

Current kindergarten, 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade families who are interested in G&T can submit an application beginning April 21, 2025.

The application deadline will be May 9, 2025.

Eligibility will be based on report card grades.

Eligibility

For current Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd graders in NYC public schools

Students are considered eligible if they satisfy the following grade requirements on their most recently available report card (as of March 2024):

Have course grades of a 3 or 4, or the equivalent, on their report card in Math, Reading and Writing.
Cannot have had a 1 in any marking period in Math, Reading, Writing, Social Studies and Science in the current school year. Eligible students will receive notification either by email or mail.

Current students in district G&T programs can only apply to Citywide G&T programs, not other district programs. Current students in citywide G&T programs are not eligible to apply to any other programs.

Eligibility to apply to G&T programs does not guarantee a G&T seat. Offers for eligible applicants will be determined based on families' application choices, programs' seat availability, and admissions priorities.
All G&T programs give priority to siblings of current students enrolled or pre-registered for Fall 2025. Some programs also give priority to children who live in a specific district; however, G&T programs do not give priority to zoned families. Some programs also offer Diversity In Admissions(Open external link) initiatives. Individual program priorities are listed in the MySchools directory.
All applicants will receive a results letter, but due to limited seats, not all eligible applicants will receive an offer to a G&T program. Families who receive offers will have the opportunity to accept or decline any offer that they receive.
Families with eligible students will be able to add themselves to additional waitlists of G&T programs if desired

Michela Migliaccio